Bank Fishing Tackle Box?

[guitarkid]

My personal favorites are the finesse/trick worms and senkos.  Spinners, jigs, and jerk baits go with me too.

                   -searoach

     (by the way I would get a back pack instead of a tackle box.)

[SimonDM17]

I'm 100% bank fishing...Not loosing lures is key.  I have shallow cranks (DT-4 is the deepest I'll consistently use), a couple Mann's 1-, topwaters, hard and soft jerkbaits, pretty much everything you'd think of.  

The other thing that I'm really getting into now is the jig.  Fished with a good strong braid, it'll go anywhere you can put it and come back safe and sound.  

One thing I did find out, though--if you're throwing jigs from shore around timber, bring a pair of pliers.  if you hook into a tree with braid, the hook is going to bend outward, and if you don't want to toss the jig, needle-nose pliers will bend hooks back into shape.  also good for unhooking treble lures.

[BIG M]

You say there is lots of rip-rap in small lakes, crankbaits run parallel to the shore line, crash the rocks.   You are going to catch fish and may loose a lure or two.  I find this tech. works best when the wind is really blowing into the bank.  

[foul hooked]

tackle has been covered above.

so my suggestions are - tread lightly and never cast your shadow into the water. think like a thief in the night. out of site, out of mind.

oh yea, learn how to fish a split shot rig.

[PWE]

The guys here have been a great help in getting me started too.  While I plan on moving to a floating object of some kind next year, this year I am 100% bank fishing.  I have climbed, hiked, walked miles already this year - great workout lol.  

Anyways, I have finally settled on 2 rods - 1 heavy baitcaster and 1 light spinning rig.

Baitcaster - jigs, small swimbaits (soon), larger spinnerbaits pretty much.  Anything heavy.  I have some kind of 20lbs ish line set on this rig and I am probably going to move to a 10lb flouro leader.  

Spinning rig - this one is where my heart really lies.  I use it for all my finesse techniques and I specifically go for drop shotting and split shotting, I also use it for weightless plastics action.  If my mood changes I can also quickly change it to run for trout etc.  

I use a backpack I had laying around and some cheap plastic storage boxes sectioned for tackle.  I carry a horde of soft plastics and I only change to the heavy rig in major cover, heavy wind etc.  That being said all my recent catches were off a point, in heavy wind using the drop shot and 4" worms.  

if I could only fish 1 thing it would be plastics, anytime, anyplace.  I wear drab clothes and I'm careful when stepping near rocks etc for noise.    I try to carry only one of the rigs and leave the other in the jeep when I can.    

[LAO162]

I fish from shore in fairly skinny water.  I like cranks, but only shallow cranks.  While it can be productive to bump the bottom with a crank, in my waters if I try that I end up casting 100 feet and reeling back leaves and weeds for 90 feet.  Lots of great suggestions above.

I'm sometimes a fan for the big bulky, built like a tank tacklebox.  After a couple of hours standing on a damp day, it sure beats sitting on the mud  ;D